REACTIVE SURFACTANTS IN HETEROPHASE POLYMERIZATION .11. KINETICS OF STYRENE DISPERSION POLYMERIZATION STABILIZED WITH POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) MACROMONOMERS

Authors
LACROIXDESMAZES P GUYOT A
Citation
P. Lacroixdesmazes et A. Guyot, REACTIVE SURFACTANTS IN HETEROPHASE POLYMERIZATION .11. KINETICS OF STYRENE DISPERSION POLYMERIZATION STABILIZED WITH POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) MACROMONOMERS, Polymers for advanced technologies, 8(10), 1997, pp. 601-607
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymers for advanced technologies → ACNP
ISSN journal
10427147
Volume
8
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
601 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-7147(1997)8:10<601:RSIHP.>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The kinetics of styrene dispersion polymerization, using poly(ethylene oxide) macromonomers as precursors for the stabilization, has been st udied. The conversions of both styrene and macromonomers have been det ermined. The effects of various parameters such as the polarity of the medium, the nature and the amount of macromonomer and the concentrati ons of the reactants have been studied. A strong gel effect was observ ed, the main polymerization process faking place inside the particles where the average number of radicals per particle may be more than a t housand. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.